Monday, August 8, 2011

Etceteras: twine rope bowl

I saw an amazing sisal bowl over at the blog Centsational Girl. She originally saw a rope bowl at West Elm that they no longer sell so she made her own.

I was immediately inspired. So much so, that I had to make a rope bowl even if I didn’t have any rope. I did have a galvanized bucket / bowl that was just begging to be covered up.

My plan was to use twine since I have tons of it on hand. I wanted handles on my bowl so I braided some of the twine and hot glued it to the sides of the bowl.The next step would be to start wrapping the twine but I realized that a single strand of twine wouldn’t have the same effect as rope. It would be pretty but it would be a twine wrapped bowl, not a rope bowl.

Not to be deterred, I grabbed 6 balls of twine (yes, I always stock up when I go to the dollar store) and started twisting the twine into rope. Twist and glue, twist and glue and so on.

At this point, I regretted not waiting until I had bought some rope but I was already committed so I kept twisting and gluing. Almost done and all the bright flowers on the bowl almost covered up.

Mission accomplished. Not quite the same as a cool West Elm bowl or the beautiful knock off that Centsational Girl did, but I’m really pleased and so are my onions.

I have this exact same "bowl" and was just thinking about how to change it's look! I'd seen these rope bowls too and loved them - love how you forged ahead and made your work so beautifully! Thanks for sharing!

Wow! I am so on the look out for a bowl / container / pot / whatever that I can cover up!! hahahaha! This would be awesome on my kitchen counter! Found you on a linky this morning. Glad I did!Now following you :) Looking forward to more cool stuff that I can try out!Carla aka Mrs. No-No Knowshttp://mrsnonoknows.blogspot.com

Such a great idea! I even have a container like yours that a friend gave me with my birthday gift in, I just don't care for the graphic on the side. I will have to try this. Thanks for the inspiration!

Thanks so much for linking up to Think Pink Sundays!! I think your twine bowl is just darling! I featured you today in my Crush of the Week post! http://www.flamingotoes.com/2011/08/crush-of-the-week-think-pink-features-18/ :)

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